March Schoch
Assistant Boys' and GIrls' Swim Coach
Pre-Swim Teach Coach
As a competitive swimmer since age 10 and through college, Mary Schoch has always gravitated to jobs that kept her around the water—which meant life-guarding, teaching swim lessons, and eventually coaching. For the past eight years, she has served as assistant coach for Country Day’s swim program. "I love the kids, I love getting to experience their growing passion for the water and for the sport. And I love that I get to have an influence on their development as athletes and as good people," says Mary.
This past year, she added Pre-Swim team coach, a program that helps introduce the fundamentals to Country Day students ages six to 11, who may want to swim competitively in Middle and Upper School.
As a longtime coach with the program, Mary was part of the foundation and traditions built by the previous coach Bob Peterson. Ben Keast, who has deep international experience coaching swimmers, just completed his first year at Country Day and was able to lean on Mary for her institutional knowledge and strong relationships with students and parents.
March SchochAssistant Boys' and Girls' Swim Coach
I want them to walk away from practice, from the meet, from the season having had fun, but also feeling challenged and learning something new."